Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Status Of Green Highways In The Country
Total 22 Greenfield highways  have been envisaged for development. Three sections of the Delhi Mumbai Expressway i.e. Delhi – Dausa - Lalsot  , Vadodara – Ankelshwar  and Kota – Ratlam Jhabua  are planned for completion by March, 23. The details of 22 Greenfield Highways are as under:
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Sno
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Corridor Name
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Total
Length

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Length in
Implementation stage

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Completed length

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Expressw ay
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|
|
|
|
|
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1
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Delhi - Mumbai EXP
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|
1,382
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|
1,139
|
|
529
|
|
1.A
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Delhi – Vadodara
|
|
845
|
|
812
|
|
425
|
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1.B
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|
Vadodara – Mumbai
|
|
446
|
|
267
|
|
97
|
|
1.C
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|
Delhi - Faridabad – Sohna
|
|
90
|
|
60
|
|
8
|
|
2
|
|
Ahmedabad – Dholera
|
|
109
|
|
109
|
|
0
|
|
3
|
|
Bengaluru – Chennai
|
|
262
|
|
45
|
|
0
|
|
4
|
|
Delhi - Amritsar - Katra
|
|
669
|
|
93
|
|
0
|
|
5
|
|
Kanpur - Lucknow EXP
|
|
63
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
Access Controlled Highways
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Ambala – Kotputli
|
|
313
|
|
313
|
|
303
|
|
7
|
|
Amritsar - Bhatinda - Jamnagar
|
|
917
|
|
762
|
|
398
|
|
7.a
|
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Amritsar to Bhatinda
|
|
155
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
7.b
|
|
Sangariya to Santalpur
|
|
762
|
|
762
|
|
398
|
|
8
|
|
Raipur - Vishakhapatnam
|
|
465
|
|
57
|
|
0
|
|
9
|
|
Hyderabad Vishakhapatnam
|
|
222
|
|
59
|
|
40
|
|
10
|
|
UER II
|
|
75
|
|
75
|
|
0
|
|
11
|
|
Chennai - Salem
|
|
277
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
12
|
|
Chittor Thatchur
|
|
116
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
13
|
|
Bangalore Ring Road
|
|
280
|
|
80
|
|
28
|
|
14
|
|
Delhi - Saharanpur - Dehradun
|
|
220
|
|
33
|
|
0
|
|
15
|
|
Durg Raipur Arang
|
|
92
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
16
|
|
Hyderabad - Raipur
|
|
330
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
17
|
|
Surat - Nashik -
Ahmednagar - Solapur
|
|
711
|
|
79
|
|
0
|
|
18
|
|
Solapur - Kurnool - Chennai
|
|
337
|
|
39
|
|
36
|
|
19
|
|
Indore - Hyderabad
|
|
687
|
|
377
|
|
242
|
|
20
|
|
Kharagpur - Siliguri
|
|
235
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
21
|
|
Kota Indore 
|
|
135
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
|
22
|
|
Nagpur - Vijayawada
|
|
405
|
|
95
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
8,301
|
|
3,355
|
|
1,615
Out of 8,301 km length, 4,946 km is in different stages such as awarded , bidding stage and DPR stage.
Blackspots are identified for undertaking immediate short term measures for mitigation and long term measures for permanent rectification. As per information available with the Ministry, short term measures have been taken on almost all Black spots and long term measures have been taken on 3385 Black spots up to February, 2022. Ministry has taken following steps to rectify all Black spots through its implementing agencies i.e. NHAI, NHIDCL and NH wings of State PWDs:-
i. To carry out all stage  road safety audits for all
National Highways; ii. Provision of Rumble strips or bar markings at the approaches of junctions on NHs;
- Provision of Speed Limit signs at desired locations of NHs network;
- Provision of Speed breakers and associated signage on side roads;
- Provision of amber beacons for traffic approaching a junction as per IRC;
- Installation of Crash barriers on High embankments and in hilly terrain;
- Encouraging engineers for certificate course in road safety audit for which MOUs are signed with IITs and other leading technical education/ research institutions;
- Developed a Black spot MIS portal where details of all blackspots, ids, photographs, and rectification status and post rectification feedback shall be collected and monitored.
This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.